Fugitive Slave Act and Abolitionist Responses

Fugitive Slave Act and Abolitionist Responses

Assessment

Interactive Video

History

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

FREE Resource

Mr. Solar presents a screencast on the Fugitive Slave Act and Uncle Tom's Cabin, focusing on their impact on northern and southern states. The Fugitive Slave Act, part of the Compromise of 1850, made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed their capture in free states. This law led to resistance from abolitionists and African American communities, particularly in Boston. Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, powerfully depicted the evils of slavery, influencing many Northerners to support abolition. The book was banned in the South, prompting Southern writers to create their own narratives. The video concludes with questions for students to reflect on the material.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary objective of the Fugitive Slave Act?

To allow Northern states to keep runaway slaves

To free all slaves in the Southern states

To return escaped slaves to their Southern owners

To abolish slavery in the United States

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect free African Americans in the North?

They were given more rights in court

They could be falsely accused and sent to the South

They were allowed to testify in their defense

They were protected by Northern laws

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role did abolitionist communities play in resisting the Fugitive Slave Act?

They helped enforce the law

They supported the slave catchers

They protected fugitive slaves

They ignored the law

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the significance of the vigilance committee in Boston?

They were a group of Southern sympathizers

They helped slave catchers find fugitives

They organized resistance against slave catchers

They enforced the Fugitive Slave Act

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did William and Ellen Craft manage to escape from slavery?

By disguising themselves and traveling to Boston

By hiding in a ship to England

By seeking help from Southern abolitionists

By using the Underground Railroad

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the impact of Uncle Tom's Cabin on Northern readers?

It swayed many to support the abolitionist movement

It had no significant impact

It was banned in the North

It discouraged them from supporting abolition

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Southern states react to Uncle Tom's Cabin?

They embraced it as a truthful depiction

They banned and burned the book

They ignored its publication

They used it to promote slavery

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